Clothesline



April 8, 1930- H. A. MARRABLE 1,753,439

CLOTHESLINE Filed Aug. 13, 1928 ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 8, 1930v UnirseA STATES HARRY A. MARRABLE, OF LINOLEUMVILLE, NEW YORK cLoTI-,InsLINE- Applicatonled August 13, 1,928. Serial No.,299,371.

Primarily this invention has reference to the provision of kan endless clothes line of such construction and supported in such a manner that clothes may be hung on both sides of the line and either of the sides or leads of the line may be pulled through the supporting pulleys therefor' without the 'clothes pins which attach the articles on the line coming in contact with such pulleys and whereby the line may be entirely filled with laundry and the usual annoyance of the operator awaiting the drying of laundry on Aone side of the line before hanging laundry on the other side of the line will be entirely and effectively overcome.

The improvement while especially designed as a clothes line, is also susceptible to use vin various other connections, as for instance, as a support for breeches .buoys by life saving workers which will permit a train of breeches buoys traveling from a wrecked ship to a point of rescue and another train of such buoys traveling from a point of rescue to the ship so that the work of rescue Awill be practically continuous, the improvementv being also susceptible for employment on cables employed for excavating, tunnelling, etc., as well as for use' in connection with the sea s attached to the chains or cables of water merry-gorounds at pleasure resorts, etc.

In the drawings: a Figure l is a perspective view of my' improvement.

Figure 2 is a top plan view looking toward one end of the improvement.

Figure 3 is a side elevation looking at rightangles to the showing of F igureQ.

Id igure i is a sectional view approximately on the line 4-4 of'Figure 3.

frame is indicated by the numeral l. VBoth' the longitudinal and later branches o-f the frame are connected by plates 2, and pivotally secured in each of the frames approximately in a line with the center of the outer and Figure 5 is a side elevation illustrating a longitudinal branch grooved wheel 3.

By reference to Figures3 and t of the draw-y ings it will be noted that the pivot 4 for each of the'grooved wheels 3 support the latter adjacent to the top of the frame, leaving a space between the pulley and the bottom of the frame. The lateral member of eachframe l has swivelly connected thereto a hook 5 and these hooks are attached to suitable supports.

Around the pulleys there is trained an vendless clothes line 6. The clothes line is braided or has otherwise attached thereto a lower or depending branch 7, the said branch 7 being connected and being of a less length than nectedvat determined'intervals by short ropes or like flexible elements Sto one or both sides of the mainor clothes line 6. The clothesv are attached to the lower branch 7 of the clothesline, being attached thereto by the usual clothes pins. Either side or lead yof the clothes line 6 may be pulled longitudinally to draw the same in one direction and when the branch 7V of the clothes line passes through the frames l that carry the grooved wheels 3, the portion thereof connected with the clothes lineV proper will assume the angular positions illustrated by Figure 3 of the drawings and thereby freely travel 'through the frames, vwhile the laundered articles, or rather the securing pins therefor will travel outwardly overand to the opposite sides of the frame thereof, .there isy a the clothes line proper. The branch 7 is con- A and to the opposite sides of the grooved wheels or pulleys 3. The connecting elements 3 are, of course, of a length to permit of the 1 looping of the clothes line section 7 when the main clothes line is drawn through the kgrooved wheels or pulleys.

The simplicity of the invention andthe advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent so that further detailed description is not necessary, it being obvious that both sides of the auxiliary or depending clothes line 7 may be lled with laundry and that the device as a whole may be brought along either of the sides of the frames and, of course, the grooved or pulley wheels .3.

As vdisclosed by Figure 5, the lateral members l0 of the iframe ll in which the grooved Wheel 12 is journaled carry pivots or shaft 13 upon which there are mounted small grooved Wheels lil 1that engage with the periphery of the Wheel l2 to hold the cable, chain or line l5 in the groove of said Wheel l2. This construction is especially designed for use when lines, similar 'to those previously described, buiy which may he formed of either hemp or chain links, are employed, and which lines are designed to :support thereon hreeehes buoys and serve as the lifeline that connects a Wreelred ship with the life saving` v-Jorliers a-shore as 'well as supgoi'ting other cables thereon suoli as are used for excavating, tunnelling, subways, ete., or ywhen used in Conneeion ivih end less cables on Water meri- -go-rounds, ete.

The improvement is nolonly designed es a elo'lhes line hut especially adapted 'lor use in eoaling' ships sea and 'for oher uses. 1When employed 'for other purposes the length ol these lines may vary.I especially when the device is employed for eoalingpurposes, and Whereliy to compensate Y.for rolling' and rocking; of fe-lie Colliers and lie vessel receiving che coal.

Having` described the invenion. l claim:

In a. device for the purpose set forth wo oppositely disposed supporting;` frames earfrying grooved Wheels, eaoh of said frames having,` its overlying members oiz T-shape fornietion with the Aarms of the T est-ending` in the same direction3 elements connecting the nids of Jdie said overlying` members oil'. each rrame, an endless Clothes line trained around the grooved Wheels an auxiliary clothes line having' its @nos secured to "che elo-*vlies line, spaced short flexible elements connecting Jthe auxiliary elohes line ivih the endless clothes linde, whereby Clothes supported on the ani;- iliary Clothes line Will thru v(she medium of the flexing* of lhe ends of said auxiliary clothes line and likewise of' the ilexing of the short. strands `be held from entering lshe frames when the endless Clothes line is moved around the grooved -vvheels.

in les'rimony whereof l a'iri my signature.

HARRY A. MARRABLE. 

